How to get a CDE login to the VGA console
“I have a display attached to the rear of an rx2660, to the VGA port. How can I get a CDE login?” Here is the solution: in the /etc/dt/config/Xservers file, check the following line: # * Local...
View ArticleVariable sizes in KSH
It looks like the POSIX shell doesn’t support variable sizes greater than 2 Gigabytes. In the following example, the LIMIT variable is of 1 Gbyte, and the VALUE is 4 GBytes. # LIMIT=1073741824 #...
View ArticleAdd a custom screensaver to CDE
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) has many screensavers for use, you can select which you like the most from the Style Manager Screen menu. There is the screen saver action definition, which...
View ArticleCDE Tricks pt I. – Making the screen saver available to all users
In the last post I showed you a way to create your own customized screen saver under CDE. Now it’s time to get your freshly compiled screensaver to get into the selection list. You must be root to make...
View ArticleCDE Tricks pt II. – Making the screen saver to your own desktop session
If you want make your custom built screensaver to be usable only by you, here is the way how to do it: 1) Copy the screen saver example to $HOME/dtscreen # cp -r /usr/dt/examples/dtscreen...
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